Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:13:31 -0600
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
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My 83.5 had a separate GasKey my 90 does not ~
ORR ~ DeanB
On 20 Jun , 2014, at 8:17 AM, Abel Longoria wrote:
> I went to a VW show and shine get together here in Houston this past
> weekend and actually met Steve.. He's located here in the area and I didn't
> know of him or what he did etc until he told me. I'm very new to the VW
> scene.. hehe.
>
> Anyways he asks me about my keys and I show him the original key on my key
> ring and explain that it opens all of the doors, hatch and gas cap. He
> says... uh its not suppose to open the gas cap.
>
> doh!
>
> I stuck my key in the cap turned it and it unlocked and came off. Steve
> said, yea... its not supposed to work that way. hehe. I thought it was
> supposed to. I figured thats how they worked and that everyones key opened
> their own gas cap.
>
> guess not.
>
> Abel
> www.DasMotoClub.com
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> ---- Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> At 6/19/2014 10:28 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>>>
>>>> .
>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a
>> law
>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get gas
>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash and
>> sit
>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>
>>>
>>> Once I was getting gas in Oregon, I've handed her my key, card & I'm
>>> waiting. It's been too long, I get out & go around to see her
>>> twisting the key in the lock. The lock was not moving, just the
>>> key.... It didn't break.
>>> I hate buying gas in Oregon, one bad experience <g>.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>> vwrobb@gmail.com
>>
>> Whenever in Oregon I always open and close the gas cap myself. No
>> attendant has ever refused to allow that. I also ran into self service in
>> Oregon, though I was not allowed to use it. There was (at least in 2012) a
>> chain of stations where members of the public could pay a small amount of
>> money to buy a "share" of the company. Then they were allowed to fill
>> their own tanks at those stations. In fact, there wasn't even an employee
>> present at the station. The pump was unlocked with a code. I don't know
>> if these stations are still operating.
>> --
>> David McNeely
>>
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